Mind is a MetaphorMetaphors Database by Brad Pasanekhttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors
"Mr. Falkland's mind was full of uproar like the war of contending elements"Work: Things as They Are; or The Adventures of Caleb Williamshttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/15562
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/15562"With the society of La Pietà, Olivia had thus found an asylum such as till lately she had never dared to hope for; but, though she frequently expressed her sense of this blessing, it was seldom without tears; and Ellena observed, with some surprise and more disappointment, within a very few days...Work: The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romancehttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20370
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20370"Whether he had done so in his first assertion was a question, which had raised in Vivaldi's mind a tempest of conjecture and of horror; for, while the subject of it was too astonishing to be fully believed, it was also too dreadful, not to be apprehended even as a possibility."Work: The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romancehttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20368
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20368"In reply to this, Vivaldi only bowed, but he remarked that the stranger's countenance altered, and that some dark brooding appeared to cloud his mind, as he quitted the chamber."Work: The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romancehttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20360
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20360"After considering these circumstances, and the words, which had just told her she was to go no further, conviction struck like lightning upon her heart; and, believing she was brought hither to be assassinated, horror chilled all her frame, and her senses forsook her."Work: The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romancehttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20337
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20337"But, though his mind became clouded, his countenance remained unaltered; it was grave and thoughtful."Work: The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romancehttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20329
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20329"She feared to think, and still more to name it; yet, so acutely susceptible was her pride, so stern her indignation, and so profound her desire of vengeance, that her mind was tossed as on a tempestuous ocean, and these terrible feelings threatened to overwhelm the residue of humanity in her hea...Work: The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romancehttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20328
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/20328"Let those who possess the talents, or the virtues, by which he was distinguished, avoid similar wretchedness, by guarding their minds against the influence of passion; since, if it be once suffered to acquire an undue ascendency over reason, we shall in vain attempt to controul its power: we mig...Work: Julia, a Novel; Interspersed with Some Poetical Pieceshttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/22203
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/22203"Her mind was in a state of uncontroulable agitation; and, though music has power to sooth a gentle, or even a deep and settled melancholy, the torments of jealousy, the agonies of suspence, raise a tempest in the soul, which no harmony can lull to repose."Work: Julia, a Novel; Interspersed with Some Poetical Pieceshttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/22200
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/22200"Suspicion is like a mist, which renders the object it shades so uncertain, that the figure must be finished by imagination; and, when distrust takes the pencil, the strokes are generally so dark, that the disappointed heart sickens at the picture."Work: Julia, a Novel; Interspersed with Some Poetical Pieceshttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/22198
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/22198